Metropolitan Archdiocese of Khartoum, Sudan

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2016.12.10 – ...):	Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (64)
Auxiliary Bishop (1992.10.06 – ...):	Bishop Daniel Marco Kur Adwok (70) Titular Bishop of Moxori

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Khartoum (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (64)
(2016.12.10 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan)

Born:	1959.01.01 (Engoth, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1992.05.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.08.15

Coadjutor Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2010.05.29 – 2013.10.28)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of El Obeid (Sudan) (2010.08.15 – 2013.10.28)

Bishop of El Obeid (Sudan) (2013.10.28 – 2015.08.15)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (2015.08.15 – 2016.12.10)

Apostolic Administrator of El Obeid (Sudan) (2015.08.15 – 2017.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (2016.12.10 – ...)

Cardinal Gabriel Zubeir Wako (81)
(1981.10.10 – 2016.12.10)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Khartoum (Sudan)

The truth will set you free

Born:	1941.02.27 (Mboro, Sudan)
Ordained Priest:	1963.07.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.04.06
Created Cardinal:	2003.10.21

Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1974 – 1976)

Bishop of Wau (South Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1979.10.30)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1978 – 1989)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (1979.10.30 – 1981.10.10)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (1981.10.10 – 2016.12.10)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (1993 – 1999)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Atanasio a Via Tiburtina (2003.10.21 [2003.12.14] – ...)

President of Sudan Bishops’ Conference (2012.01.01 – 2016.10)

Archbishop Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.J.
(1974.12.12 – 1981.10.10)

Born:	1906.10.05 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1930.04.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.09.21
Died:	2001.11.10 († 95)

Titular Bishop of Balecium (1953.06.29 – 1974.12.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan) (1953.06.29 – 1974.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Khartoum (Sudan) (1974.12.12 – 1981.10.10)

Apostolic Administrator of Rumbek (South Sudan) (1982 – 1983)

Vicars Apostolic of Khartoum (Roman Rite)

Bishop Agostino Baroni, M.C.C.J. (later Archbishop)
(1953.06.29 – 1974.12.12)

(see above)

Bishop Francesco Saverio Bini, F.S.C.I.
(1930.11.20 – 1952)

Born:	1886.01.26 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1908.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1930.12.07
Died:	1953.05.11 († 67)

Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan) (1930.11.20 – 1952)

Titular Bishop of Vallis (1930.11.20 – 1953.05.11)

Bishop Paolo Tranquillo Silvestri, F.S.C.I.
(1924.10.29 – 1930.07)

Born:	1876.06.11 (Italy)
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.12.07
Died:	1949.01.22 († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan) (1924.10.29 – 1930.07)

Titular Bishop of Jerichus (1924.11.05 – 1949.01.22)

Bishop Franz Xavier Geyer, F.S.C.I.
(1913.05.30 – 1922.05)

Born:	1859.12.03
Died:	1943.04.02 († 83)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (Sudan) (1903.08.06 – 1913.05.30)

Titular Bishop of Trocmades (1903.08.06 – 1943.04.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Khartoum (Sudan) (1913.05.30 – 1922.05)

Vicars Apostolic of Central Africa (Roman Rite)

Bishop Franz Xavier Geyer, F.S.C.I.
(1903.08.06 – 1913.05.30)

(see above)

Bishop Antonio Maria Roveggio, F.S.C.I.
(1895.02.08 – 1902.05.02)

Born:	1858.11.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1884.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1895.04.21
Died:	1902.05.02 († 43)

Titular Bishop of Amastris (1895.02.08 – 1902.05.02)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (Sudan) (1895.02.08 – 1902.05.02)

Archbishop Francesco Sogaro, F.S.C.I.
(1882.10.04 – 1895)

Born:	1839.12.31 (Italy)
Died:	1912.02.06 († 72)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (Sudan) (1882.10.04 – 1895)

Titular Bishop of Trapezopolis (1885.07.10 – 1894.08.18)

Titular Archbishop of Amida (1894.08.18 – 1912.02.06)

President of Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy (1903 – 1912.02.06)

Saint Bishop Daniele Comboni, F.S.C.I.
(1872 – 1881.10.10)

In hoc vinces

Born:	1831.03.15 (Limone sul Garda, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1854.12.31
Consecrated Bishop:	1877.08.02
Died:	1881.10.10 (Khartoum, Sudan † 50)
Beatified:	1996.03.17
Canonised:	2003.10.05

Founder of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1867.06.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (Sudan) (1872 – 1881.10.10)

Titular Bishop of Claudiopolis (1877.07.02 – 1881.10.10)

Bishop and religious of Sons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. Founder of Combonian Holy Mother Missionary Sisters of Nigrizia.

Bishop Annetto Casolani
(1846.04.03 – 1847.05.02)

Born:	1815.08.10 (Valletta, Malta)
Consecrated Bishop:	1846.05.24
Died:	1866.08.01 († 50)

Vicar Apostolic of Central Africa (Sudan) (1846.04.03 – 1847.05.02)

Titular Bishop of Mauricastrum (1846.04.03 – 1866.08.01)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Michael Didi Adgum Mangoria (64) (2015.08.15 – 2016.12.10)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Gabriel Zubeir Wako (81) (later Cardinal) (1979.10.30 – 1981.10.10)

Statistics

Area: 981,000 km²

Population: 1,198,400 Catholics (3.8% of 31,568,450 total) (2016)

Statistics: 27 parishes, 90 missions, 78 priests (47 diocesan, 31 religious), 4 deacons, 123 lay religious (38 brothers, 85 sisters), 5 seminarians (2016)

History

1846.04.03: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Central Africa / Africa Centrale / Sudan (from Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt and Arabia)
1868.08.06: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Sahara and Sudan
1880.09.27: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Nyanza and Apostolic Vicariate of Tanganyika
1894.09.13: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Eritrea
1910.06.16: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Uélé
1911.02.14: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Oubangui Chari
1913.05.30: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Khartoum / Khartumen(sis) (Latin) (lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Bahr el-Ghazal)
1914.04.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Adamaua
1932.02.03: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of Foumban
1933.01.10: Lost territory to establish Mission sui juris of Kodok
1942.04.28: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Niamey
1947.01.09: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of Fort-Lamy
1949.12.16: Lost territory to Apostolic Vicariate of Egypt
1960.05.10: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of El Obeid
1974.12.12: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Khartoum / Khartumen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan see El Obeid)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1993.02)